ALBANY — A scathing 98-page report from Gov. Andrew
Cuomo’s anti-corruption panel on Monday detailed a “pay-to-play
political culture driven by large checks” in Albany, but withheld
specifics as its probe of public corruption continues.

In
its report, the Moreland Commission laid out a pattern of corruption at
the state Capitol driven by major donors, loophole-filled rules and
“anemic enforcement of the weak laws we have on the books.”

The
report, however, doesn’t name names. While it details a number of
corrupt, potentially illegal acts, identifying information was held back
in many areas to avoid “compromising the integrity and confidentiality”
of its ongoing investigations, according to the document.

“What
we can describe, though, is deplorable conduct, some of it perfectly
legal yet profoundly wrong; some of it potentially illegal -- and,
indeed, this Commission will make appropriate criminal referrals at such
time as it deems appropriate,” the commission wrote in its report.

Doesn't what Tisch, King and Steiner did by handing over education policy development, implementation and enforcement to private employees hired by private funds (including some from Tisch herself) without any legal authority to do so come under what the Moreland Commission report described as "deplorable conduct, some of it perfectly
legal yet profoundly wrong"?

Shouldn't she, along with her cohorts in crime, Steiner and King, be under investigation for corruption?

I am under no illusions that Steiner, King and Tisch will be held accountable by the Moreland Commission for their crimes, since the Commission seems to only be targeting the legislature and completely ignoring their patron Governor Cuomo's alleged ethical transgressions.

But if we lived in a real democracy instead of a fake one, Tisch, Steiner and King would be hiring lawyers about now.

The shadow government at SED ought to not only be out of power, everything about it - from how it started to how it got funded to how it has operated - ought to be under investigation.